The Jewels of Aptor Quotes

“As they turned it emerged under the white and flaring lamps. Translucent insides bubble-pocked and quivering, it slopped forward, across the road, toward the skeletons. Impaling itself on the bones, it flowed around them, covered them, molded to them. A final surge, and its shapelessness contracted into arms, head, legs. The naked man-thing pushed itself to its knees and then stood, its flesh now opaque. Eye sockets caved into the face. A mouth ripped low on the skull, and the chest began to move. A wet, steamy sound came from the mouth hole in regular gasps.”
― Samuel R. Delany, The Jewels of Aptor: A Science Fantasy Novel / Captives of the Flame: A Science Fantasy Novel